Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-07
AMUSEMENT WORLD
The National Opera Company viii
Not Visit Salt Lake - Not
Making 1t Pay.
The Engagement Of the Thalia Com.
pany-ROland Reeds Night
General Theatrical Gossip.
Base Ball Bits, Turf Tips, Yachting
Yawls, Pugilistic' Pointers and
Spicy SpO rting Sparks.

business enterprises which are conducted
with extravagant ideas, they seldom re.
turn good interest on the capital invested
They charge high, but their expenses
are enormous, and the liberal Califor-
mans find it heavy drain on their
purses to support such an immense COM
bination for more than one week. Their
greatest success thus far has been
Nero" presented on May I'd, when the
Grand Opera House was packed from pit
to dome. Manager Clawson did his best
to induce the company to play here for
one or two nights, but did not succeed.
Nevertheless he managed to secure the
Thalia Company, who will present the
"Beggar Student" the "Black Hussar''
and 1.-THE Bat" Although Booth, Garlic
ton and other companies have been a
heavy tax on our people lately, there is
not question of doubt that the "Thalias"
will pack the Theatre, providing prices
are not too high.
Carleton did good business in Denver
and Miss Vincent sang splendidly. She
did not show that she lately had a mar
row escape from contagious disease. For
tunate Denver!
The San Francisco Music and Drama
is the best dramatic paper issued on the
coast. Jack Thrum, proprietor and edi,
tor, is well and favorably known amongst
the profesh. 1t has large circulation in
Zion.
Roland Reed. with his excellent COM
pany in "Humbug," next week, deserves
to be greeted by crowded house. His
new play "Humbug" is far ahead of
Check" The company played to fine
business on the coast.
The Interstate Commerce bill is hear
ing fruit. Managers are growing and
dlsbanding their companies; contracts
are being cancelled and lawsuits are
cropping up in all directions. A good
many companies will abandon the idea
OF California tour, and those who do
get out as far as San Francisco will come
home without any enormous financial
success. The first of the big companies
to give up the California project is the
Dixey party. 1t is numerically, too
strong and carries too much baggage to
be able to stand the advanced rates.
Clay NJ. Greene, author of Mckee
Rankin's new play, was last year at this
time travelling actor at $50 week. He
is now reaping large returns from five
successful plays He-is good-lookine
young man, in his thirty-fourth. wear. Of
medium height, and is an INTERESTING
conversationalist. He was born in San
FRANCISCO. He has been writing plays
for years, but has been uniformly unsuc- |
cessiul until recently. Hard work and |
good luck have combined, however, to |
make his fortune. At present Clay is
drawing royalties. from the Golden
Giant" here, Fred Briston's Forgiven"
frankie Kenlble's "Sybil," and CLANS
the Boatmana IN which Charles Arnold
is doing the English provinces.
Verdi has decided that his new opera.
Othello, shall not be sung anywhere in
Europe until it has been heard in Paris
1t cannot be produced in Paris until next
winter. Here is chance for the National
Opera or the German Opera to open the
next Metropolitan season with this
novelty. Only to think that Madame
Fursch- Madi has the work in her reticule
and yet Theodore Thomas will not make
lrlendS with her!
Jos. Jefferson paid $3.50 for one of the
boxes at the Couldock Testimonial. The
sales amounted to $4,000. This fore
Swallowed S. 900 house for the old man.
Good.
Maurice Strakosch has discovered a
new prima donna This time it is a
young lady of unknown origin, who has
quite romantic history. When she YVES
years old she was stolen by the "famous
Indians of Niagara The celebrated
'avages taught her to sing, and she re-
with them for five wears. When {
heir great chief, Nikita," died she took ,
lis name and resolved to appear on the d,
stage as Signorina Nikita. So saws
Maurice, sc non Verdi, bene
Crovatore. {
Sara Bernhardt played in an extra
matinee at the Academy of Music, New +
I ork, last Saturday and $4,000 was the
axe. 1t is very likely that Sara will re-
urn for one more farewell tour within a /
couple OF years. The report that she is q
o marry Marcus Mayer is Indignantly
lenied by both the interested parties. |
John 7. Raymond's delth proves the
I'D, old story of the improvidence of '
.ctors. He left nothing, and even his =
lfe-lnsurance policies had been hypothe- !.
ated. Raymond was more than extray- i,
giant. Money had no value for hint :
vent even faster than it came. For two
easons his income was between 500. 900 !
nd 1000, yet at the end of each, spite
4 the millions in it," found him with
ut anything. He was one of the most :
generous men in the profession. I
Nevada is renewing her triumphs. She G
nade her first London appearance in il
hree years week before last at Convent e
iarden with Mapleson's company. Her '
art was Amina, in "La Sonnambula," b
nd the audience called her out tour b
mes after the final drop of the curtain. t
ne will sing in Gounod's long-neglected a
Mirella" next Wednesday. Il
Leader (of little German band)-"A a
wv pennies, madam, for dot fine moos- s
'P' Woman(at window" Amt got
othin' for you" Leader Indignantly |;
Volts dot? Ven you don'd give few y y
ennies We play sone-more" 9 6;
BASE BALL. o
The Aleague season commenced last b
uesday il
Umpiring pays. Seven dollars day u
fair salary for two hours work, but s.
8 worth that and more too. Perquisites u
lch as abuse, etc., are thrown in. U
The Detroit players are all men of =
liant physique. 1t is not surprise that a a
routhers, Thompson, White, Richard "
IN, ct al. are such splendid batters. n
hey are fine ball tossers, and will ~
oubtless win the league championship. % -
hose who saw the Detroit Yesterday -
ere convinced that the Chicago Club - :.
as inferior to them. The strong point o. :.
! favor of the Detroit players is their - =.
niformly good behavior. The men are a,
! temperate, gentlemanly and intelli- L;
INT. They are unitedly and earnestly =,
orking to win the league championship. 81
I'd success will probably crown their -
forts. q
Manager John Kelly gathered his p.
ouisville players around him in the tt
April L" says the Base Ball ca
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